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Being aware of terminal lucidity can help loved ones understand it is part of the dying process. 
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I have received many lovely messages in the weeks since my dad died – including one that will always stay with me, writes Adrian Chiles
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There can be slow grief associated with dementia – not only for the person diagnosed with the condition, but also for their loved ones. As dementia is a progressive condition, there are often waves of grief at various stages and each person deals with their grief differently.
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Peter Mellow's curator insight,
April 19, 7:17 PM
We have all heard similar stories where some form of exercise (walking, swimming, running, gym, etc.) has helped people move on from loss and grief. Coping moves to enjoying life, but we will never forget.
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After a decision to spare her further interventions, she lives a full two months more – and teaches us a few things along the way
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Not everyone has moments of clarity when they find out they are dying. My wife did.
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The art of developing a healthy relationship with our own mortality lies in neither avoiding the reality of suffering nor obsessing over it
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My daughter told us to look out for her after she was gone, and sometimes we find her.
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Award-winning Australian writer Cory Taylor spent the last years of her life fascinated with her own mortality. In her last weeks, she shared some of her insights in a bedside interview with Richard Fidler.
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There are many social assumptions about how to best ‘get through’ grief. We interview 95 people about their experiences of loss and found we need to rethink what grief looks and feels like.
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Look, I get it. People tell me that they don’t want to make it worse by bringing it up, by saying the wrong thing that would cause more heartache.
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Facing terminal cancer, Annie Werner realised she didn’t want people saying ‘super nice’ things about her after she had died. She wanted to be there – so she held a living wake
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After Mike Horner died of a mysterious disease that dumbfounded doctors, his son, Nick, scaled Mount Everest to take the trip his father never did.
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